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This month, the LaSalle County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is offering the American Heart Associations Heartsaver First Aid Training. The training is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services arrive. Students will learn duties and responsibilities of first aid rescuers; first aid actions for medical emergencies, including severe choking, heart attack and stroke; and skills for handling injury and environmental emergencies including external bleeding, broken bones and

The training is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services arrive. Students will learn duties and responsibilities of first aid rescuers; first aid actions for medical emergencies, including severe choking, heart attack and stroke; and skills for handling injury and environmental emergencies including external bleeding, broken bones and sprains, bites and stings. The training will take place on Monday, April 24 from 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. at the LaSalle County Health

States across the county have these kinds of agencies. Their jobs are to provide analysis, research, and advice to lawmakers. Some states on the list like Arkansas and Florida require restaurants hang posters that illustrate how to perform the Heimlich maneuver or what the Red Cross calls the abdominal thrust procedure. Texas requires its posters to be in both English and Spanish. And Oregon, which is where Voodoo Donuts originated, requires business owners to train all food service employees in the Red Cross technique within a reasonable time after date of employment. Its important to note

Teacher salaries are too low to compete with salaries in technical fields. Too few young people are specializing in career and technical education in college. And its hard to attract teachers to isolated schools in rural areas. Theres no one answer, said Katie Fitzgerald, head of communications for Advance CTE, a nonprofit that represents the leaders of state career training programs. Although alternative certification is increasingly a strategy states are using, its obviously insufficient in addressing the overall teacher shortage issue. High schools can prepare students to step into jobs

Researchers surveyed more than 200 workers in the states cannabis industry, which has boomed since the drug was legalized for recreational purposes in 2012. The majority of workers said management valued their safety, but noted they were not trained in depth on a variety of safety and health topics. Other findings from the study: Workers said the physical work environment was not particularly hazardous, but they had concerns regarding ergonomic issues and air quality. Commonly reported health issues included back pain; knee pain; and discomfort in the hands, wrists and fingers. Some workers